Michigan's top two place kickers are in their final seasons with the Wolverines and Coach Rich Rodriguez and his staff have been looking for a replacement in the class of 2009. That replacement was found in West Palm Beach (Fla.) Cardinal Newman kicker Brendan Gibbons.

The Michigan staff had seen Gibbons kick when he attended the Kornblue Kicking School in Ann Arbor this past June. He recently worked out again with Brandon Kornblue, a former Michigan kicker, and also sent the coaching staff highlights of his senior season.